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Director Jimmy T Murakami’s 1980 movie Battle Beyond the Stars is a cheeky and entertaining slice of sci-fi from executive producer Roger Corman and New World Pictures, cheerfully mixing The Magnificent Seven with Star Wars. […]
Director Penny Marshall’s 1986 fast-moving spy caper Jumpin’ Jack Flash stars Whoopi Goldberg (Oscar-winner for 1990’s Ghost) as a computer operator who keeps getting messages on her screen from a British agent trapped in Eastern Europe. […]
Co-writer/ director Aneesh Chaganty’s 2018 mystery thriller Searching is gimmicky – but a success! He pulls off the trick of having the entire movie unfold on a computer with considerable flair and style, retaining mystery […]
Writer/ producer/ cinematographer/ director Peter Hyams’s entertaining, undervalued sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) was expertly delivered by the film-maker to an underwhelmed public. A beautifully crafted movie, it was nominated for five Oscars – Best […]
Co-writer/ director Alexander Payne’s ecologically minded sci-fi social satire follows the story of kindly married occupational therapist Paul Safranek (Matt Damon), who undergoes a a newly invented procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so […]
Writer-director Michael Crichton’s 1973 sci-fi action thriller is a great entertainment and a bona fide Seventies classic, and now also a cult favourite. The idea of theme parks running out of control may be a […]
Ryan Phillippe and Claire Forlani star as a pair of computer wiz-kids who become embroiled in the murky world of ruthless business practices. Director Peter Howitt’s 2001 movie is a feisty but highly improbable thriller, […]